-Caveat Lector- > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Blagovesta Doncheva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 10:05 AM > > Subject: The Balkans Stability US-NATO Style! > > > > > > > "Believe nothing, > > > no matter where you read it, > > > or who said it, no matter if > > > I have said it, unless it agrees > > > with your own reason and > > > your common sense." > > > -- Buddha > > > > > > Balkan Myths Circulated by Royal United Services Institute in London > > > > > > "Minds are like parachutes. They only function if they are open." > (author > > unknown) > > > > > > Re: Analysis: Stability in the Balkans? > > > By Jonathan Eyal > > > > > > 1. When Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica takes his seat at a > regional > > summit on Friday, the Balkans will mark another milestone. > > > > > > Balkans are already marking only "another milestone" to a disastrous > > tragic fall under level 0. > > > > > > Just like Kostov and his predecessors in Bulgaria, Mr. kostunica is only > > another Balkan Puppet on a String. (To say nothing about poor Ljupcho > > Georgievski in Macedonia.) > > > One should never forget the real forces behind Kostunica: DJINDJIC, > > USA-NATO, Germany. > > > > > > 2. For the first time since the end of communism more than a decade ago, > > the entire Balkan region is free from dictatorship. > > > "Don't worry, or flurry, or scurry": dear Jonathan means that at last > "the > > entire Balkans" are free from old "rubbish" like, f.i., "independence" and > > "sovereignty". Hurray!!! > > > It seems J. has been a very poor student. He still does not know the > > definition of the word "dictatorship"! SRAMOTA! (= SHAME!) > > > What "dictatorship" is he babbling about? > > > I suggest that Mr. J. finds time to look in an Encylopaedia. And then > > refresh his knowledge about Yugoslavia's last years as a sovereign state. > > > I sincerely hope when he finds the definition he will THINK for 5 > minutes > > at least. > > > (And, eventually, he will understand what I mean.) > > > > > > 3. Having served as the source of wars and privations, Yugoslavia . > > > "Source of Wars"? > > > Some - like London Royal Institute, - haven't learned yet where the > > ACTUAL "Source of Wars" is. In - or outside Yugoslavia? > > > Isn't it wunderbar? > > > Suggestion: visit www.tenc.net. It might help to lift the thick mists of > > IGNORANCE - if there is a desire, of course. > > > > > > 4. Poor economy > > > Jonathan from London and the likes know NOTHING of "poor economy". Not > > that there are no examples. > > > I suggest that J. visits Bulgaria - Sofia will be enough. I suggest > that > > he aggrees to make a round of the former factories and plants in Sofia > ONLY. > > The same factories and plants that used to work as they should before IMF, > > WB (together with some of G17 experts) stepped to it. > > > For instance, it will be very instructive for him (and his pay-masters) > to > > visit the textile factory "Bulgaria" - Sofia. > > > What will one see there? > > > EMPTY HALLS! > > > It was liquidated - then privitised - and the new owner (a Turkish > > businessman, I was told) quite lawfully took away all the equipment - all > > the well-working looms! > > > Question: If the Bulgarian economy was defined as "poor" under the > > so-called "communism", WHAT IS IT NOW under IMF-WB (USA) - and the > Bulgarian > > kostunica-DJINDJIC team? > > > > > > 5. For President Kostunica, there are two key priorities - the > elimination > > of his country's international isolation and the reform of Yugoslavia's > > internal economy. > > > "Reform of Yugoslavia's internal economy"!!!!! > > > Here is the nail!!! > > > The meaning is: TO KILL THE YUGOSLAVIA's INTERNAL ECONOMY by > liquidation - > > privitisation - and the other widely used IMF-WB deadly weapons. Don't > > forget that some of the killer-experts from kostunica-DJINDJIC G17 have > > been - or still are! - IMF experts at the same time!!! > > > It means that the "Yugoslavia's internal economy" will be exterminated > in > > a very expert and speedy manner. Let's rejoice! Heil IMF-WB! Heil > DJINDJIC - > > OK, kostunica, sorry! > > > > > > > > > 6. he is committed to the creation of a market economy. > > > Kostunica-DJINDJIC - committed to creation of MARKET ECONOMY! > > > It is clear that lots of people DO NOT KNOW (including Mr. J.!) what > > "MARKET ECONOMY" means. > > > Isn't it high time for ALL THE ACTIVISTS to find, read and learn what > > HORROR is lurking behind that mantra? > > > Only then they will understand what is in store for Yugoslavia and its > > people! > > > > > > After 11 years of MARKET ECONOMY I am too poor to be able to travel to > > Yugoslavia. But some newly-baked Yugoslav "democrats" are JUST FREED from > > the "awful communist dictatorship", so it surely is still not a problem > for > > them to visit Bulgaria. If they come my friends and I will only take them > to > > see the present condition of once working factories and plants, and they > > will meet people who have worked there and now are in the streets in a > > deplorable condition. I.e., THEY WILL SEE MARKET ECONOMY IN ACTION! > > > > > > I haven't stopped wondering how is it possible for normal intelligent > > people to accept phrases like "market economy" without asking themselves > and > > the others around "WHAT IS IT?" > > > Without trying to find some real information on ME! > > > What has the "MARKET ECONOMY" done to Bulgaria? > > > What has it done to the Latin American countries? > > > To the Asian countries? > > > To the peoples of Africa? > > > > > > READ AND LEARN! READ AND LEARN! READ AND LEARN! > > > Or - for the newly-hatched Yugoslav "democrats: > > > COME AND SEE! COME AND SEE! COME AND SEE! > > > > > > Questions to CIA Otpor activists, to CIA Cacak FASCIST Mayor, to CIA > Cacak > > FASCIST Mayor's FASCIST Thugs, to CIA duped jumping crowds in the Belgrade > > street around the CIA Pogrom and Coup on October 5-6 in Yugoslavia! > > > > > > Why do you think people have started fighting against WTO, IMF, WB and > the > > likes all over the world? > > > How could you continue staying behind kostunica-DJINDJIC, G17 - the > MARKET > > ECONOMY!!!! - after > > > - Seattle, November 30, 1999? (The protest against the World Trade > > Organisation!) > > > - Davos, January/February 2000? (The Protests against World Economic > > Forum!) > > > - Washington, April 16, 2000? (The protests against IMF and WB!!!) > > > - Australia, September 11, 2000? (The protest against World Econoimic > > Forum!) > > > > > > AFTER PRAGUE, SEPTEMBER 26, 2000?????!!!!! (THE PROTESTS AGAINST IMF AND > > WB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) > > > > > > HOW - COULD - YOU? > > > > > > It is not only ignorance - it couldn't be. > > > > > > Traitors are people without moral. > > > > > > 7. It will take years before the Yugoslav people start enjoying the > > benefits of prosperity. > > > "the benefits of prosperity" - oh-la-la! > > > Bright "democratic" future is promised the Yugoslav people! > > > They promised it to us, Bulgarians, 11 years ago too. > > > It is their bright "democratic" carrot. > > > Run for it, ye, Yugoslav people! Run, while you can! Because when the > > misery breaks your spirit, sucks your strength away, gets you on your > > knees - you will not be able to run anymore for anything. You will crawl > > around in search for something still edible or a rag to cover yourself and > > get warm. > > > > > > Oh, yeah, there will be prosperity for about 5-10% of the Yugoslavians: > > > For kostunica-DJINDJIC clique. > > > For the Mayor of Cacac - the Proud Leader of the FASCIST pogrom in > > Belgrade on October 5-6. (His 2000 thugs will receive some crumbs too) > > > For the pogrom organisers all over the country around October 5-6. > > > For those who leave now SPS and are trying to destroy it: they are doing > > good work, and will be paid accordingly.* (The mass of the newly-hatched > > Yugoslav "democrats" will be quickly kicked back into the holes they have > > crawled out! **) > > > > > > They will prosper but the Yugoslav people will START "enjoying" the > > horrors of most abject MISERY as I have already written! > > > > > > Let's think logically: > > > 1/ Variant A: the plants and factories are liquidated, privitised, the > > equipment are sold - MARKET ECONOMY. > > > Question: What happens with the work places? The jobs? > > > Answer: they d-i-s-a-p-pe-a-r together with the plants, factories and > the > > equipment. MARKET ECONOMY. > > > Where are the people? In the streets. > > > > > > I hope dear Jonathan will be able to explain to all of us HOW THEY WILL > > PFROSPER THERE! > > > > > > Variant B: The new owner keeps HALF the jobs. > > > The lucky ones - still at work - will have to follow new rules among > which > > 12 working hours per day very often 7 days per week with fifteen minutes > > lunch rest! For next to nothing as a payment! Those are the conditions > under > > which the Bulgarian textile workers work for years already! > > > That is how SWEATSHOPS work all over the world! > > > And what is this - SWEATSHOPS? > > > They are the MARKET ECONOMY BELOVED child!!! > > > > > > That is what the future has in store for the Yugoslav "democrats" and > > THEIR PEOPLE!!! > > > They have still to learn a lot about MARKET ECONOMY and its "BENEFITS OF > > PROSPERITY" for the ordinary people - for the mass of people!...** > > > > > > If they come to Sofia they will be able to study ME in action. But to do > > that, there should be a passion for TRUTH! And truth is very often very > > ugly. Are they willing to learn the Ugly Truth or they prefer to be > > manipulated by Beautiful Lies? Personal choice. > > > > > > 8. the Slobodan Milosevic dictatorship > > > What "dictatorship" is dear Jonathan talking about? > > > Help question: What is a dictatorship? > > > Who is a dictator? > > > Last: Has Mr. Milosevic been a dictator? > > > > > > Maybe some want to rewrite the British Encyclopaedia - or what? > > > > > > RQ (Relevant Question): Is Royal Jonathan so ignorant? > > > Or he simply follows the orders and gets paid? > > > > > > 9. Kosovo war . Nato's air strikes > > > What an arrogance! Only a paid manipulator from a main NATO > > country -BLAIR'S ENGLAND! - can still babble about some "Kosovo war" - > some > > "NATO air strikes"! > > > What Kosovo war? What "Nato air-strikes"? > > > Has anybody heard anything about a "Kosovo war"? > > > Does that Royal Manipulator by chance mean the AGGRESSION AGAINST > > YUGOSLAVIA? > > > The USA-NATO war on Y-U-G-O-S-L-A-V-I-A?!!!? > > > "Kosovo War" - or the USA-NATO war on Y-U-G-O-S-L-A-V-I-A? > > > Do you smell the NATO writer? > > > You are "enjoying" a STINKING NATO stuff by Stinking Royal J. ! > > > > > > 10. Trade will flourish between Balkan countries, > > > Trade WAS FLOURISHING between the Balkan countries long before the U-S-A > > sanctions against Yugoslavia and long before the USA-NATO war on > > Y-U-G-O-S-L-A-V-I-A! > > > > > > 8. "Greek companies involved in infrastructure development, such as > cement > > producers, but also telecommunications, are well-positioned to benefit > from > > regional aid projects." > > > N.B.!!! Foreign companies will BENEFIT not Yugoslavian ones!!! > > > MARKET ECONOMY! > > > How it happens: > > > Step One: The Financial Vultures (IMF, WB) lend money to a country X. > > > Country X government signs a Murderous Agreement together with murderous > > interests and most murderous conditions. > > > Step Too: Foreign Companies rushed to do the job and get the money. > > > The same job can be done by local companies or organisations better and > > for less money. > > > It does not matter: the foreign companies will get the job and the > money. > > > Easy RQ (Relevant Question): Who is behind IMF-WB? Those who fund those > > murderous institutions would NEVER do it if there is no guarantee of Big > > Profit - for them and theirs! > > > Step Three: The country X' poor people pay the loan to the Vultures, > > suffering and dying, killed by cruel imposed misery... > > > > > > 9. "subjected to impossible bureaucratic hurdles and corrupt > officialdom." > > > It is both most ARROGANT and SCREAMINGLY laughable! > > > THEY dare to write about "bureaucratic hurdles and corrupt officialdom" > ! > > When it is already widely known that NOTHING - NOTHING - NOTHING! - could > be > > compared with the "bureaucratic hurdles and corrupt officialdom" in a > > country with the usual comprador government signing agreements with the > IMF > > and WB! > > > > > > Not that there has not been bureacrcy and corruption in the "awful > > communist regime". But there were mechanisms to keep both at a reasonable > > level. (A very reasonable level indeed in comparison with the new "free", > > "democratic" regimes!) > > > > > > Are there such restricted mechanisms in the IMF-WB contries? NO! > > > > > > The USA-NATO Manipulatoirs are deafening the world at large about the > > "bureaucracy and corruption" of the Yugoslav former government. I mean > the > > last one when Yugoslavia had been still a sovereign country - before > > kostunica-DJINDJIC clique and that FASCIST Cacak Mayor with his FASCIST > > thugs to have served their country (the Balkans - the World!!!!) on a > tray > > to USA-NATO, EU, etc. > > > > > > The "bureaucracy and corruption" of the last sovereign Yugoslavian > > government - IF ANY! - is a Garden of Roses compared to what is going on > in > > Bulgaria for 11 years - to say nothing about the other USA colonies in > Latin > > America f.i.! > > > Come to Bulgaria! > > > Come to Sofia! > > > You will see the PALACES of some members of the so-called "political > > elite" of Bulgaria. > > > All the SPS offices, all the houses of SPS functionaries and their > > families in Yugoslavia will seem as DEPLORABLE HUTS in comparison with the > > newly built houses in the center of Sofia and the castles - shall I say > > "fortresses"? - in the skirts of Vitosha Mountian around Sofia! > > > The houses (people obstinately call them "palaces") and the castles of > the > > comprador "political elite" in Bulgaria. > > > > > > Yugoslav ":democrats" - still - know nothing about corruption and the > > depths it can reach. > > > They - still - know nothing about the bureaucracy of the MARKET ECONOMY > > paradise that is suffocating the Bulgarians nowadays squeezing the last > > drops of their energy! > > > > > > But let's not worry: they will soon - VERY SOON!!! - learn it. > > > > > > 9. "a decrepit industrial base which needs to be dismantled" > > > Is Yugoslav industrial base "decrepit" really? > > > The Bulgarian industry WAS NOT - N-O-T!!! - decrepit!!!! > > > Who has said it is "decrepit"? > > > Who has estimated it as such? > > > The Architects of Globalisation? > > > It belonged to all of us! It was built and created by our grandparents > and > > parents and our own labour! Why should it be dismantled? It was > functioning > > and profitable! Why dismantle it? Who has decided to kill our industry? > > > Has anybody asked us? NO! > > > > > > Functioning industry and agriculture means INDEPENDENCE. Means > > SELF-CONFIDENCE. PRIDE. SECURITY. > > > The characteristics of Free Human Being! > > > Slave should not - and cannot! - possess such characteristics. > > > How could you turn a Free Man into a slave? > > > Consult the think-tanks - IMF and WB Fathers!... > > > > > > The Ugly Uncle Beyond the Ocean hasn't any need of free people here. In > > fact, He hasn't any need of people at all. What He needs is the riches of > > the Balkans and the territory. > > > It is a good territory for oil pipelines. > > > It could be a good starting point for new crusades. > > > The territory is goor, oh, yeah! > > > So he dismantled our industry and agriculture through his special front > > line attack forces, the IMF and the WB. > > > He took away from us the FREE OF CHARGE education: slaves do not need to > > be educated... > > > He took away from us the FREE OF CHARGE Health Care - slaves are so > easily > > replaceable! They do not need to live too long! > > > He took from us all the SOCIAL PRIVILEGES we had enjoyed for decades in > > the so-called "communist" regime. > > > And He is ARROGANT enough to keep telling us now how horrible it was! > > > > > > I had been brought up and educated in that "horrible communist" regime, > > killed in 1989. > > > I have lived and have worked for 11 (eleven) years in the new regime of > > IMF and WB in Bulgaria. > > > I have been a member of the Union of the Democratic Forces in Bulgaria > > from 1989 till June, 1993. UDF in Bulgaria is something like DOS in > > Yugoslavia now. > > > > > > Believe me - the two regimes are UNCOMPARABLE. > > > > > > You cannot very well compare a blood-covered cannibal to a child in > > shorts, can you? > > > > > > 11. "EU" > > > 1/ What Is This? English University? Estados Unidos? Etats-Unis? > > > Or "Experimental Unit"? > > > For some it is "European Union". > > > Some WESTERN European countries form an union and have the blatant > > arrogance to call it European Union! > > > As if Europe consists only of them! > > > As if they are not ONLY a part of Europe! > > > > > > (Imagine Bulgaria and Romania form and union and call it Balkans Union!) > > > > > > 2/ What has EU done to Bulgaria? > > > a) Demanded tax-free import of agricultural products from WESTERN > Europe: > > milk, meat, chiken, pork, fruit, vegetables, preserves. > > > Results: the local production is killed. Exterminated. Annihilated. > > > Now we HAVE TO import pork, veal, chicken, eggs. Congratulations! > > > During the USA-NATO war on Yugoslavia we were made happy with Belgian > > dioxine chickens. > > > Now I expect we will be "rewarded" with English, Spanish and French "mad > > cow". > > > > > > BULGARIA HAS BEEN TURNED INTO THE DUMPING GROUND OF WESREN EUROPE AND > USA! > > > > > > That's what the colonies are for, isn't it? > > > > > > B/ Most important: WEU (= the Western European Union, as those Smug > > Bastards should call their union!) demand of us to close our nuclear > > station! > > > They babble something about ecology - blah, blah, blah! > > > We all have seen their and USA attitude to ecology recently. > > > Everybody has seen how they react when the demand is that they should > cut > > their own dangerous industrial productions. > > > But when it is only a call to exercise some more pressure on already > > helpless colonized country, their ecological conscience is awakening to > the > > full and they begin stomping most angrily around! > > > > > > Do the EU-NATO countries worry about the Balkans? Not likely. > > > The Balkans have been already turned into an ecological disaster by > THEIR > > and USA bombing of oil refinaries, chemical and pharmacological plants and > > factories. > > > > > > To say nothing about the DU bombs they have used lavishly all over > > Yugoslavia plus the border regions of Macedonia and Bulgaria - Sofia > > including! > > > The NATO CRIMINALS from EU and USA have demonstrated how little they > care > > about the Balkans people, their life or prospects for life, their human > > rights.* > > > > > > Besides, why they have allowed the contract between Turkey and Canada > for > > Canadian nuclear reactors? Why have they let the USA best friend in the > > region - TURKEY! - plan buiding a nuclear station? > > > > > > Maybe they worry about WESTERN Europe people - about THEMSELVES? > > > Then why France and Germany do not start - and give a good example - by > > dismantling THEIR own nuclear stations? > > > Why have they sunk their teeth into the Bulgarian nuclear station > > notwithstanding the positive conclusions of lots of nuclear security > > commissions that have repeatedly inspected it? > > > > > > What will happen if the Bulgarian clique of kostunica-DJINDJIC and Co. > > say "uncle" and cave to the WEU ( Western European Union)? > > > > > > Now Bulgaria is exporting electricity. > > > Also, as a country with a nuclear station on its territory, it cannot be > > bombed indiscriminately - so, the nuclear station is connected with the > > national security. > > > > > > If the nuclear station is "shut" as the WEU demands: > > > - We will have to import electricity from France or Germany (!!) for > > instance; > > > It will be too expensive for the ordinary Bulgarian (still alive) and he > > will resort to the gas lamps of his grandparents or even to the > > pine-splinters of at least two centuries ago! (How very diabolical the > > Western Europe - that odl whore! - is!) > > > - Bulgaria will be easily turned into a Balkan Viesques! > > > A firing ground for USA-NATO armies - plus the newly-kicked into > existence > > EU forces! (At the moment all sorts of NATO armies get training on the > > Bulgarian firing grounds after the Bulgarian army has been shrinked to > > almost only a representative numbers! NATO demand.) > > > > > > What does it matter if the talk is for an island or a peninsula? The US > > soldiers will hardly know the difference - the (W)EU ones will not care! > > > > > > So much for the great EU, Mr. J. Let Yugoslavian "democrats", > > kostunica-DJINDJIC and Co., Otpor and the other CIA formations, Cacac > Mayors > > plus thugs and all the buldosers in the world go ahead and "enter" first > the > > Great Damned (W)EU! > > > > > > We, the ordinary Bulgarians, DO NOT NEED IT!!!! > > > > > > Bl.Doncheva, > > > Sofia, Bulgaria > > > November 25, 2000 > > > > > > > > > "There is no in between, > > > you are either free or you're a slave." > > > >From an English comrade of Biotic Baking Brigade (Pie Throwers) > > > > > > > > > > > > Analysis: Stability in the Balkans? > > > By Jonathan Eyal > > > When Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica takes his seat at a regional > > summit on Friday, the Balkans will mark another milestone. > > > Mr Kostunica is joining the heads of European Union member states, as > well > > as the leaders of Albania, Bosnia, Croatia and Macedonia, for a summit in > > Zagreb, Croatia. > > > > > > The real questions about Balkan stability are only beginning > > > For the first time since the end of communism more than a decade ago, > the > > entire Balkan region is free from dictatorship. > > > Having served as the source of wars and privations, Yugoslavia can now > > play its rightful role as a regional anchor of stability. And both the EU > > and the Balkan states are expecting much from the summit. > > > No doubt the outcome of the gathering will be beneficial: the EU will > take > > the lead in regional integration, and Zagreb will also be the venue for > the > > launch of deeper Balkan co-operation efforts. > > > Nevertheless, the tasks facing President Vojislav Kostunica and his > other > > Balkan partners remain awesome. > > > Poor economy > > > For President Kostunica, there are two key priorities - the elimination > of > > his country's international isolation and the reform of Yugoslavia's > > internal economy. > > > > > > Security is tight as old enemies come together > > > > > > The omens are good: Mr Kostunica has moved fast to re-establish the > links > > with key Western countries that were broken off during the Kosovo war last > > year, and he is committed to the creation of a market economy. > > > The EU has reciprocated by lifting most of the sanctions on Yugoslavia, > > and offering financial help. > > > But the real questions about Balkan stability are only beginning. > > Yugoslavia suffers from the least reformed communist economy in Europe, > and > > from the ravages of Nato's air strikes. It will take years before the > > Yugoslav people start enjoying the benefits of prosperity. > > > EU priorities > > > More importantly, there are huge questions about the EU's economic and > > foreign policy priorities in the region. > > > Much of the economic assistance pledged to the Balkans was made on the > > assumption that Yugoslavia would remain beyond reach for many years to > > come - the transport infrastructure which the EU funded in the Balkans > > explicitly by-passes Serbia. > > > Most of the cash pledged for the region's states is already committed. > > But, if Yugoslavia is now to be supported, money will either have to be > > diverted from existing projects or the aid budget will have to be > > substantially increased. > > > > > > Each Balkan country has a different status with the EU > > > Ever since the collapse of the Slobodan Milosevic dictatorship, the EU > has > > given contradictory signals on both counts. But its immediate economic > > dilemma is partially alleviated by the anticipated growth in Balkan > > co-operation. > > > The Danube River, blocked since the Kosovo war last year, is being > cleared > > for navigation, thereby allowing Romania and Bulgaria access to central > > European markets at cheaper transport costs. Trade will flourish between > > Balkan countries, and this time without the black market that was so much > a > > by-product of the sanctions against Yugoslavia during the last decade. > > > Greek companies involved in infrastructure development, such as cement > > producers, but also telecommunications, are well-positioned to benefit > from > > regional aid projects. And the movement of people in the region, hitherto > > subjected to impossible bureaucratic hurdles and corrupt officialdom, is > > already improving. > > > But even here, the gains, although real, will not be sufficient. > > > Competing nations > > > All the Balkan countries suffer from similar problems. They all compete > > for scarce Western investment, they all have a decrepit industrial base > > which needs to be dismantled, and a large but poor agricultural sector > > starved of financial credits. > > > > > > He is still expected to compete with his neighbours from a position of > > inferiority > > > And they all seek to join the same European institutions. > > > Most of the products which the Balkan countries export compete with > those > > of their immediate neighbours. So economies of scale are not an option, > even > > if the political climate allows for regional co-operation. > > > Furthermore, each Balkan country has a different status with the EU. > > Bulgaria, Romania and Slovenia are candidates for fully-fledged membership > > in the EU, even though the time-span required for their full integration > > differs widely. > > > The other former republics of Yugoslavia, and Albania, enjoy no such > > advantages. > > > This division presents the EU with a further inherently insoluble > dilemma. > > If it extends the status of candidate membership to all the region's > states > > it will be accused of diluting the whole concept of Union enlargement, > since > > it is hardly likely that all of them can be accommodated, even in the next > > 15 years. > > > But if Brussels maintains the distinction between those who are > > fully-fledged membership candidates and those who are not, it would > condemn > > the poorer Balkan states to semi-permanent neglect. > > > Poor relation > > > President Kostunica of Yugoslavia is already discovering that, although > he > > has been welcomed as a regional partner, he is still expected to compete > > with his neighbours from a position of inferiority. > > > None of these problems is an argument for postponing the political > changes > > which the Balkans so badly need. 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